Barriers and facilitators for healthcare access among immigrants in Japan: a mixed methods systematic review and meta-synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While Japan provides universal healthcare, immigrants may experience hampered access to healthcare. A comprehensive review of immigrant healthcare access is also lacking. This systematic review aims to examine barriers and facilitators of healthcare access among immigrants in Japan.

Methods

We searched for literature published in English and Japanese until January 9, 2024. Studies were included if they assessed factors influencing any stage of immigrants' healthcare access, such as perceiving needs, seeking, reaching, utilizing healthcare and the consequences of healthcare, as defined by the Levesque framework. We performed a thematic analysis to further identify categories (PROSPERO: CRD42023418554).

Findings

After screening 2791 articles, we identified 67

SUBMITTER: Khin YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11774800 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature